[Ontbirds] Lesser Black-backed Gull - Little Lake, Peterborough

At 2:30 pm today, I observed an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull on the ice-edge off Little Lake Cemetery with about 50 Herring Gulls. Slightly smaller than accompanying HERGs; very dark to black back; head heavily streaked, which looks like it is hooded at a distance; photographed. Directions:

[Ontbirds] re; sedgewick park warblers

Ontbirders, Obviously there is some duplication between Jeff Skev. and my posts. He posted while I was composing, so, apologies for saying the same thing twice. Cheers,   James Holdsworth, Biological Consulting Services 14 Marian St, RR#1 Woodstock, On, N4S-7V6 [519]537-2027 226-228-0093 [cell]

[Ontbirds] Warblers at Sedgewick Park and sub-specific ID

Ontbirders, Myself, Jeff and Richard Skevington were able to see the incredible mix of warblers that have found haven in Sedgewick Park today. It was like warblers on parade, as birds made an appearance a few seconds apart as they slowly worked the thin line of shrubbery. I have had far worse d

[Ontbirds] Oshawa Western Tanager found dead

The now dead Western Tanager at Durham Court Park in Oshawa was pointed out to me this morning by another birder. It was lying on the ground near the east boundary of the park. Hopefully this will save someone a drive. It's unfortunate that so many vagrants end up this way. In living bird news, th

[Ontbirds] Boreal Owl at Merrickville

Today Eleanor Thomson found a Boreal Owl in downtown Merrickville. She spotted it moving lying in the snow and barely moving, and picked it up. It died in her hands a few minutes later so there is no need for me to post directions to the cadaver. The owl appeared to lack meat around its breastbo

[Ontbirds] Blackpoll Warbler vs Bay-breasted Warbler at Sedgewick Park

Hello Ontbirders, James Holdsworth, Richard Skevington and I were birding in Hamilton area today and went to see the extravaganza of warblers at Sedgewick Park in Oakville. Within 3 minutes of arriving we had seen all of the reported species - amazing. There are a few things that I would like to d

[Ontbirds] Correction for yesterday's post re TVs near Carp Ont

Dear all, There are a couple of changes for the post sent yesterday. Firstly, we did not see two turkey vultures. They were turkeys. I thought that they were turkeys but my husband insisted that turkeys could not fly that high into the trees. He was corrected today by Bruce Di Labio. Sec

[Ontbirds] Niagara Birding - No Slaty-backed Gull (again...)

I travelled to Niagara again with renewed hope that the gull would 'easy' to find. Not so much. Along with 3 or 4 cars of other birders we searched for several hours. At least 55 GBBG and 10 LBBG (mostly adults) were present. Tundra Swans - 65+ birds present mid river between the Control

[Ontbirds] Guelph Arboretum Brown Thrasher - yes, Barred Owl - no

Hi, everyone, Rohan VanTwest and I saw the thrasher about 5 minutes ago (thanks to Dale for telling us it was still around today). The bird is feeding in the Asian Bittersweet vine (the one with all the red berries above the benches) by the reflecting pool of The Arboretum Centre. The sun is

[Ontbirds] Pine Grosbeaks in Myrtle (13.5 km north of Whitby)

Hi all, I decided to sign up for this list after finding a few decent winter birds around the Greenbank area (5 Eastern Bluebirds, 1 White-crowned Sparrow, 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker, and 2 Lapland Longspurs - you can contact me in private for details of any of those sightings if you're intereste

[Ontbirds] Guelph Arboretum Brown Thrasher - no, Barred Owl - yes, bird workshops

Hi, everyone, I walked around The Arboretum Centre today to try to spot the Brown Thrasher reported by Alec Follett but with no luck. Our grounds crew was busy removing the snow around the building, so the thrasher might have gone somewhere else for a bit. I'll let you know if I see it - th

[Ontbirds] 2012-2013 Ontario winter bird list update #4

After the month of December, the cumulative provincial winter list stands at 205 species. This is already the second highest winter list we have had since keeping track 6 winters ago. The highest was last year's 224 and the average is 202. I have sent the updated list to Blake Maybank and he wi

[Ontbirds] edit to uoGuelph brown thrasher

My mistake - the thrasher was near the Arboretum Centre not the JC Taylor interpretive building yesterday afternoon. If you start at the feeder and walk north west around the building you'll see the vines attached to the wood beams that make an awning connected to the building. The thrasher sp

[Ontbirds] Long Point area - many birds to start the new year

Good morning and a very bird filled and Happy New Year to yawl. Yesterday Jan. 1/13 Ian Cannell and I birded some of the Long Point area in the morning and afternoon returning home in the evening via Hagersville and a very productive day it was. First we would like to thank Diane Salter of Wals